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Moreover, I read the wiki ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-57A/B_MOP ) that 60m penetration specification is for ~35MPA concrete. And good basalt rocks easily go 100MPA. So if Iranians choose just good Mountain, and there are plenty of them...... Mother earth is really strong some places.





That's probably why they targeted the air duct system. It's already been cut and provides a blast channel.

Ah, the Death Star theory

Or the Top Gun Maverick lookalike.

Also likely softer rock to begin with

They probably have blast doors on those and USA made it very clear on Flightradar24 that the bombers are coming, lock the doors.

I would assume that this thing is entirely compartmentalized, so to destroy everything you will need a bomb in every room.

According to wikipedia, US made around 20 of those bombs and Trump used 14 of those. So %70 of the stockpile is gone in one go.

Especially on the main site they dropped 3 bobs per strike location, so at best they could have destroyed 2 compartments with 6 bombs. If those were able to penetrate of course.

Honestly, it looks like it was a show like the one where Trump fights professional fighters on the ring. Just significantly more expensive.

Maybe they should just generate those images in AI, would be much more cost effective propaganda.


> According to wikipedia

Wikipedia says "at least 20" and cites a source that says the exact number is unknown.

In general Wikipedia is an extremely inaccurate source for military aviation. I have found while following the citations that information is routinely entirely fabricated in this topic, with unrelated or marginally related citations added without quotes to make them seem plausible.


You are mixing ft and meters...Do not land on Mars or Europa.

For concrete, ( that the mountain limestone is almost like..) is only 18 meters.

"... analysts at Janes say the weapon can penetrate about 200 ft (60 m) of earth or 60 ft (18 m) of concrete.."




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